Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1561 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-08-27
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 368 minutes

Synopsis
British actor Paul Blackthorne (24) loses his accent to play Chicago detective Harry Dresden in this darkly funny drama. But since this smart series airs on the Sci Fi channel, Dresden is no ordinary P.I. Like another famous Harry, Dresden is a wizard with extraordinary powers. When Chicago’s finest aren’t able to solve crimes, people turn to Dresden and his supernatural abilities. From the slightly strange to the truly paranormal, Dresden is the man to master the mysteries. THE DRESDEN FILES is based on Jim Butcher’s books and also stars Valerie Cruz (NIP/TUCK).

Synopsis
Based on Jim Butcher's best-selling novels, The Dresden Files chronicles the cases of no ordinary detective. Harry Dresden (Paul Blackthorne) is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats. If you need a little hocus pocus or some other worldly advice, Dresden's your man.

Customer Reviews

Season 2 PLEASE!
Stumbled on the Dresden Files epsiode 1 on the SciFi channel and enjoyed it so much I bought the box set as couldn't wait a week for the next one!

Thought it was a very well written show with a great cast and SUCH a shame that at present the SciFi channel have no plans to make a season 2.

This really is a show you can watch with the whole family and after watching season 1 I was left wanting more and feeling that there really is so much more that can be done with this show and all of which makes for GREAT entertainment. SO Season 2 if you please :-)

Great show - too soon gone.
I've not read the books, so I came to this fresh. Whether or not it's faithful to the novels, it's a good show. I can't understand some of the more negative reviews. What do we have? A sort of down on his luck gumshoe, who happens to be a wizard, a cop, who okay might be too glamorous, but gives him a run for his money, a ghost living in a skull, played brilliantly by Terrence Mann. Bizarrely, Paul Blackthorne, who's not American adopted an American accent and Terrence Mann, who is American adopted a British one.

It's a shame there are so few shows, because this did deserve to have a longer shelf life. But some of the shows are very clever, with a good mix of comedy and suspense. I personally think the use of CGI is fine, and they don't actually use it as often as you might expect (in terms of the magical, monstery stuff - there's probably loads of things in there that the audience aren't supposed to notice). Even though some of the subject matter has been dealt with in other shows (vampires, werewolves, ghosts, shapeshifters etc.) the writers of the show managed to find new ways of making them interesting and different.

Overall, I really enjoyed this show and wish it had continued. I bought the DVDs because of the recommendations and obviously plenty of other people liked it too.

If you like any kind of show with a 'fantasy' element that's still grounded in the world you know this is definitely the show for you. A crime that it was cancelled, but worth the price of admission.

Good wholesome entertainment
I think some people really expect to much of a TV series, there's no way there could be the depth of the books, can you imagine how long an ep would have to be? I'm a hard core fan of the Dresden files books and of course have the latest on pre-order, and waiting with bated breath. Having said all that I totally enjoyed the series, some of the characters were a bit off for Jim's actually characters but in spite of all that it was great. I especially liked Paul Blackthorne in the main role, and apart from his obviously difference (his hair) I thought he was Harry, absolutely excellent and funny with a good dash of the black humour Jim puts in his books. I have to say after seeing the series I can see Paul as Harry in my mind when I read all the new stuff. I think giving Bob a body was entirely necessary for the visual medium of TV and Terrence Mann was great in the role and I thoroughly enjoyed his representation. Again, all excellent and I'm so disappointed there isn't going to be a 2nd series!